Seanchan posted...
What was the reason behind specifically this album for Stevie? On the whole, is he more of a "singles" than an "albums" kind of artist?
This album is ranked #48 of all time on Acclaimed Music and #96 on Rate Your Music. His album Songs in the Key of Life is even higher on both lists, but I wanted to tackle this first both because I personally prefer it and it's earlier (and also the latter is a double album). It's also massively influential on several genres.
He's definitely key to both songs and albums - he even won Album of the Year at the Grammy's 3 times, with this being his first. Not that I hold much weight in the Grammy's of all things, but this is pretty much universally regarded as one of the all-time greats.